Week of May 15th

Monday

Legacy Presentations

Tuesday - Thursday

Art of the Film - Dead Poets Society

Friday

Awards Day
Fun Day

Week of May 8th

Monday - Wednesday

Final Project Presentations

Thursday - Friday

Review Presentations
Introduction to Film
Reading Day

Week of May 1st

Monday

Final Project Presentations

Tuesday

Reading Day

Wednesday - Thursday

Final Project Presentations

Friday

Reading Day

Week of April 24th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop Villanelle and Final Project

Wednesday

Villanelle Share

Thursday - Friday

Final Project presentations

Week of April 17th

Monday - Tuesday

No School - Easter Break

Wednesday - Thursday

Introduction to Final Project
The Villanelle

Friday

Reading Day

Week of April 10th

Monday - Wednesday

Peer Review - Historical Fiction

Thursday - Friday

No School - Easter Break

Week of April 3rd

Monday

Review Historical Fiction Assignment
Workshop Historical Fiction

Tuesday - Thursday

Workshop Historical Fiction - Draft due Monday

Friday

Reading Day

Week of March 27th

Monday

Debate Presentation

Tuesday

Reading Day

Wednesday - Thursday

Debate Presentation

Friday

PSSA Assembly

Week of March 20th

Monday

Unit 15 Vocabulary Due
Discussion of debate days

Tuesday

Unit 15 Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

Research and prepare for debate

Week of March 13th

Monday

Introduction to Unit 15 Vocabulary - Due next Monday

Tuesday - Friday

Introduction to Debate
Workshop/Research Debate

Week of March 6th

Monday - Thursday

Students will present their How To Speeches

Friday

Reading Day

Week of February 27th

Monday

Finish Impromptu Speeches
Introduce How To Speeches
Unit 14 Vocabulary Packet due - review

Tuesday

Unit 14 Vocabulary Test

Wednesday

Workshop How To Speech/Reading Day

Thursday - Friday

How To Speech Presentations

Week of February 20th

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Introduction to Unit 14 Vocabulary - Due Monday
Introduction to Speaking Unit and Impromptu Speeches

Wednesday - Thursday

Students will present Impromptu Speeches

Friday

Reading Day

Week of February 13th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop Movie Essay - Due on Wednesday

Wednesday

Movie Essay Due
Analyze the To Be or Not To Be speech

Thursday

Reading Day

Friday

No School

Week of February 6th

Monday

Journal
Novel Essay Due
Introduction to Hamlet.

Tuesday - Friday

Film Study - Hamlet

Week of January 30th

Monday

Workshop Novel Essay

Tuesday

Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Due
Novel Essay Due
Introduction to Hamlet

Wednesday

Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Test

Thursday - Friday

Film study of Hamlet

Week of January 23rd

Monday

Workshop Novel Essay - Draft Due Tomorrow

Tuesday

Novel Essay Draft Due
Introduction to Unit Thirteen Vocabulary - Due Next Tuesday

Wednesday - Friday

Peer Review/Edit/Finalize Novel Essay

Week of January 16th

Monday

No School - Teacher In Service

Tuesday - Friday

Students will workshop Novel Essay - first five pages due on Tuesday, January 17th.
Ten page draft due on Tuesday, January 24th.

Week of January 9th

Monday - Friday

Students will workshop/research for Novel Essay.
All six citations due on Tuesday.
Introduction due on Thursday.
First five pages due on Tuesday, January 17th.

Week of January 2nd

Monday
Review Midterm - Due Tomorrow
Introduction to Research and Novel Essay

Tuesday - Friday

Midterm Essay due Tuesday
Library Research Work - Novel Essay

Week of December 19th

Monday

Unit 12 Vocabulary Due
Final Draft - Poetry Argument Due

Tuesday

Unit 12 Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

Midterm Reflection Review
Introduction to Novel Argument
Reading Workshop - Novel Essay

Week of December 12th

Monday

Rough draft of poetry argument due - students need to hand in their four page rough draft and their works cited notes
Introduction to Unit 12 Vocabulary - Due Monday, December 19th

Tuesday - Friday

Students will review/peer edit poetry argument
Students will revise and complete a final draft - due on Monday, December 19th

Week of December 5th

Monday - Friday

Research and draft Poetry Argument - Due Monday

Week of November 28th

Monday

No School

Tuesday - Friday

Introduction to Poetry Argument
Students will begin researching and drafting their poetry argument paper

Week of November 21st

Monday

Unit Eleven Vocabulary Due

Tuesday

Unit Eleven Vocabulary Test

Wednesday - Friday

Thanksgiving Break

Week of November 14th

Monday

Rough Draft- Rhetorical Analysis Due
Introduction to Unit Eleven Vocabulary - Due Next Monday

Tuesday - Friday

Peer Review/Revision - Rhetorical Analysis of An Inconvenient Truth
Final Draft Due Monday

Week of November 7th

Monday - Thursday

Students will work on a rough draft of a Rhetorical Analysis of An Inconvenient Truth

Friday

No school - Parent/teacher conferences

Week of October 31st

Monday - Friday

Students will watch An Inconvenient Truth and take notes for a Rhetorical Analysis

Week of October 24th

Monday - Tuesday

Peer Review and Workshop final draft - Final Draft due on Monday

Wednesday

Unit Ten Vocabulary Due

Thursday

Unit Ten Vocabulary Test

Friday

Reading Day

Week of October 17th

Monday

Rhetorical Analysis Draft Due
Introduction to Unit Ten Vocabulary - Due on Monday

Tuesday - Friday

Peer Review and Final Revisions of Rhetorical Analysis of a Commercial

Week of October 10th

Monday

No school - teacher in-service

Tuesday

Presentations of commercial project.

Wednesday - Friday

Workshop rhetorical analysis of a commercial - rough draft due on Monday.

Week of October 3rd

Monday

AR Book # 1 due
Persuasive Final Draft Due
Unit Nine Vocabulary Test

Tuesday

Diction, Syntax and Audience
Students will write a letter to a friend and a parent about the same topic and compare/contrast with a partner.

Wednesday

Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis (pathos, logos, ethos, audience, purpose, claim, tone and technique)
Watch a teacher chosen commercial and analyze with rhetorical devices.

Thursday - Friday

With a partner, students will choose a commercial and present it to the class.
Week of September 26th

Monday - Wednesday

Peer review and workshop final - Persuasive Essay

Thursday

Unit Nine Vocabulary Review

Friday

Unit Nine Vocabulary Review
First AR book due on Monday

Week of September 19th

Monday - Tuesday

Workshop Persuasive Writing

Wednesday

Draft of Persuasive Writing due
Introduction to Unit 9 Words

Thursday - Friday

Peer Review - Persuasive Writing

Week of September 12th

Monday

Unit 8 Vocabulary Review

Tuesday

Unit 8 Vocabulary Test

Wednesday

Personal Narrative Final Due
Students will read “A Crime of Compassion” on page 343 and “The Declaration of Independence” on page 547 and respond to the questions.

Thursday

Review Readings

Friday

Reading Day

Week of September 6th

Monday

No School

Tuesday

Narrative Writing Draft Due
Introduction to Unit 8 Words - Packet due on Thursday, September 13th.

Wednesday - Thursday

Peer Reivew - Narrative Writing - Final Due on Wednesday, September 14th.

Friday

Reading Day

Week of August 29th

Monday - Tuesday

"This I Believe" presentations

Wednesday

Describe Narrative Writing
Read "What's in a Name?" and "Momma, the dentist and me" and respond to the questions at the end of the reading.

Thursday

Review readings.
Review Word365
Narrative writing draft - two pages - due on Tuesday, September 6th.

Friday

Workshop narrative writing.

Week of August 22nd

Monday - Tuesday

No School

Wednesday

Welcome Back!
Review Syllabus
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind 101!
AR Requirements - Sign Up - Ten Page Research Paper
Information about "This I Believe" essay. More information can be found here - www.thisibelieve.org.
Introduction to the Writing Process.
Prewriting activity for "This I Believe" essay.

Thursday

Examples "This I Believe"
Review The Writing Process
Prewrite/Draft "This I Believe"
Final Copy (Hard Copy and Recording) due on Monday

Friday

AR Book Approval
Book Talk
Independent Reading